Bury (Bury)

15°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 10° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:34

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

165 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 212 casualties · 8.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

478 food businesses within 2 miles

• 367 rated 4–5 ★ (305 top)
• 27 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bury, Bolton Street (2.5 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£238,446 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Bury · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£969 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £686
• 2 bed £888
• 3 bed £1,064

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (9.6 km)

56 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Park 66 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

193,851 residents in Bury · 1,949/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 110 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

10% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,555 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 85,370)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

91 schools · 28,108 pupils

64 primary · 14 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 32 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bury

206 CQC-registered services

• Care homes53
• GP practices36
• Dentists46
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bury

• Not in the Green Belt
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

168 applications decided

80.4% granted · 135 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Christian Wakeford

Labour

Bury South

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 3
• Ref 6
• Oth 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

734 jobs advertised · £38,938 avg

e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Technician - North West, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time

Source: Adzuna

£725 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,068 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 90,853 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 70% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 5% · Gas 1%

5 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury South:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities604 local signatures · 11,464 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership313 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s278 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth250 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Pilsworth · 0.2 km

  Pilsworth is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Historically, it was a township and civil parish, but in 1894 it was divided between Bury, Heywood, and Unsworth.

• Hollins Brook · 1.1 km

  Hollins Brook is a watercourse in Greater Manchester and a tributary of the River Roch. It originates in Unsworth and is one of the habitats that makes up Hollins Vale Nature Reserve.

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  Whittle Brook · 1.1 km

  Whittle Brook is a watercourse in Greater Manchester and a tributary of the River Roch, classified as a main river. It originates in the outskirts of Middleton, and extends to Hollins Vale Nature Reserve in Unsworth,…

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  Pilot Mill, Bury · 1.2 km

  Pilot Mill, Bury is a four-storey cotton spinning mill in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1905 for the Pilot Spinning Co. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1939. The mill clo…

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  Gigg Lane · 1.4 km

  Gigg Lane is a football ground in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, built for Bury F.C. in 1885. The first match was played on 12 September 1885 between Bury and a team from Wigan. One of the world's oldest professio…

• Gigg, Greater Manchester · 1.5 km

  Gigg is a suburban area of Bury, a town in Greater Manchester, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)